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SUMMARY:EVENT FULL!-Book Launch: Plant Teachings from My Auntie
DESCRIPTION:Registration for this event is now full. We look forward to see
 ing everyone on July 8th!\nBook Launch: Plant Teachings from My Auntie - G
 athering Coast Salish Plants for Medicine\, Textiles\, Nourishment\, and C
 eremony\nJoin us for an evening of storytelling\, Indigenous plant knowled
 ge\,and conversation rooted in Coast Salish teachings. We are pleased to h
 ost the book launch for Plant Teachings from My Auntie: Gathering Coast Sa
 lish Plants for Medicine\, Textiles\, Nourishment\, and Ceremony at the Na
 naimo Museum this July! Featuring authors C’tasi:a Geraldine Manson (Snu
 neymuxw Elder &amp\; Knowledge Keeper) and Nancy J. Turner (Ethnobotanist 
 &amp\; Professor Emerita)\, the event is a chance to hear stories\, ask qu
 estions\, and learn more about this fascinating local book.\n\nWhen: Wedne
 sday\, July 8th\, 2026 @ 6:30pm\nWhere: Nanaimo Museum - 100 Museum Way\, 
 Nanaimo\, BC\, V9R 2X1\nThis presentation is free to attend - please save 
 your seat by reserving below!\nAbout the book (from New Society Publishers
 ):\nPlant Teachings from My Auntie\nGathering Coast Salish Plants for Medi
 cine\, Textiles\, Nourishment\, and Ceremony\nBy: C’tasi:a Geraldine Man
 son\, Nancy Turner\n\nA Snuneymuxw ethnobotany guide grounded in Indigenou
 s knowledge and deep ancestral connection to the land.\n\nPlant Teachings 
 from My Auntie is a richly illustrated compendium of culturally significan
 t wild foods and herbal remedies found within the traditional territory of
  the Snuneymuxw First Nation. This powerful work serves as a rare treasure
  for those seeking to foster cultural understanding and ecological respons
 ibility while deepening a commitment to meaningful reconciliation. Central
  to these teachings is the fundamental protocol of honoring gifts from the
  land by gathering and preparing them in ways that respect history\, spiri
 tuality\, and Indigenous knowledge.\n\nThrough the guidance of Snuneymuxw 
 Elder and Knowledge Keeper Geraldine Manson (C’tasi:a)\, readers are int
 roduced to Snu’y’ulh—teachings handed down through generations\, spe
 cifically those passed to her by her “Auntie Ellen\,” Dr. Ellen White.
  From the sacred Western Red Cedar\, known as the “tree of life\,” to 
 detailed descriptions of 65 different species\, this guide bridges ancestr
 al wisdom with practical botanical identification.\n\nLearn more about the
  book and authors on the New Society Publishers website at:\n https://news
 ociety.com/book/plant-teachings-from-my-auntie/\n&nbsp\;
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